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- Feelings of shame, not guilt, are strongly linked to depression, particularly in the context of family breakups.
- The study found that shame leads to rumination, which contributes to depressive symptoms among mothers and fathers who experienced marital separation.
- The findings emphasize the importance of understanding the psychological processes behind shame, self-discrepancies, and self-esteem in relation to mental health.
Article Abstract
Feelings of shame and guilt are factors associated with depression. However, studies simultaneously investigating shame and guilt suggest that only shame has a strong unique effect, although it is not yet clear which psychological processes cause shame and not shame-free guilt to be related to depression. The authors hypothesized that shame, in contrast to guilt, elicits rumination, which then leads to depression. Therefore, in this study we investigated event-related shame and guilt, event-related rumination, and depression among 149 mothers and fathers following family breakup due to marital separation. Data were analyzed using latent variable modeling. The results confirm that shame but not guilt has a strong unique effect on depression. Moreover, the results show that the effect of shame is substantially mediated by rumination. The results are discussed against the background of self-discrepancies and self-esteem.
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